Unit Type

Units are the various means of transportation that can be displayed in the 3D World.

How do Units relate to the Tygron Platform?

The available units can be added to the 3D World in order to visualize the dynamic feel of the 3D World. For the vehicles that are situated on the roads, the units not only complete the visualization of the real life situation, they are also used for visualization of the traffic density calculations (See also: Traffic Model) of the various types of roads. For example, a highway has more units per hours than a brick road. However the units per hour cannot always be visualized. Crossroads are an example of this, the units per hour on a crossroad can be used in the calculation process but are not included in the visualization.

Types of available Units

In the Tygron Platform, there are multiple types of units available. Each type of unit has its own properties consisting of its name, color and whether it is active or not in the 3D World.

Land based units (Road)	Land based units (Rail)	Waterborne units	Airborne units
Pickup	Tram	Canoe	Airplane
Bus	Transrapid	Sailboat
Sedan car (multiple color types)		Cargo ship
Tractor		Riverboat small
Truck		Riverboat medium
Scooter		Riverboat large
SUV		Oil tanker
Mini Cooper (multiple color types)		Spray boat
Ambulance
Street sweeper
Smokey truck
Delivery truck
Small car
Police car
Yellow cab
US ambulance
US firetruck
Container truck
Grain truck
Oil truck
Bio truck
E-car

Editing Units

Adding and removing Units

By default some units are present in a new project. This section deals with adding units to the 3D World

Editor → Current Situation (Ribbon tab) → Current Situation (Ribbon bar) → Show Traffic Units (Dropdown)

Units panel

Adding Units

By selecting the 'Add' button on the bottom of list of units, a new panel with units appears. By selecting the desired unit from the list, and then the 'Apply' button, the unit is added to the project, but not activated yet. By highlighting the newly added unit on the left panel, the unit details become available on the right side. Here is also a checkbox to set the unit Active in Simulation.

How to add units:

Select Visuals
Select Units on the ribbon bar
Select 'Add' from the bottom of the list in the left panel
Select the desired unit type from the popup panel and apply
Notice a new unit has been added to the unit data overrides list in the left panel
Select the newly added Unit
Set the Unit to Active in Simulation in the right panel

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Select Visuals
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Select Units from ribbon bar
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Select 'Add' from the bottom of the list
Select desired unit type and apply
Select the newly added Unit
Set the Unit as Active in Simulation

Duplicate Units

By selecting the 'Duplicate' button on the bottom of list of units, a new units appears on the list with the followup number in parentheses. The list is alphabetical per units type. Whether the new unit is active already in the 3D World depends on the parent unit that is duplicated. It will copy the active or inactive state of the original unit.

How to duplicate units:

Select Visuals
Select Units on the ribbon bar
Select 'Duplicate' from the bottom of the list in the left panel
Notice the new duplicated unit has been added to the unit data overrides list in the left panel

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Select Visuals
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Select Units from ribbon bar
Select 'Duplicate' from the bottom of the list
Notice the new duplicated unit

Removing Units

It is not possible to remove a unit. However it is possible to make a unit inactive and therefore not be visualized in the 3D World

How to deactivate a unit:

Select the unit in the unit data overrides left panel
Uncheck the Active in Simulation checkbox in the right panel

Select unit to be deactivated
Uncheck the Active in Simulation checkbox

Changing Units

Editor → Current Situation (Ribbon tab) → Current Situation (Ribbon bar) → Show Traffic Units (Dropdown) → The Unit to edit

Right side detail panel

Changing existing units can be done by selecting an already existing unit on the left side of the Unit Data Overrides Panel. The characteristics of the existing units are displayed and can be edited on the detail panel on the right side of the editor main view.

How to change units:

Select Visuals in the header
Select Units in the bar
Search in the list of unit data overrides left panel the unit to be changed
Edit the given options on the right panel if desired

Name

Unit Name Field

In the "Name" field, a specific name for the unit can be entered, replacing the default naming. Please note that the default name of a unit often refers to the actual type of the unit.